OMG!!! I have got to get better at this!
My first SR shave was quite an episode Sunday evening. Felt like a I was using a paint brush comb. If you don't know what a paint brush comb is, it looks like a 6 inch long paint stirring stick with finishing nails in a single row.
I have a Dovo "Best Quality" 6/8 razor, using Proraso Green pre/post shave, Proraso Green soap, Omega 6223 badger brush. The razor is straight from Lynn's honing. I used my 3" Red Latigo SRD strop. At least 30 laps on the fabric webbing and at least 50 laps on the leather.
I did fairly well as far as the bloodletting is concerned...WTG - just a few nicks on each side of the face and neck. Whiskers were still evident visually. I should have stopped there and went back to the Merkur 23c DE. But nooooooo, I had to keep going. Re-lather and try again. More pain. More blood (but still not that bad). Then I stopped and picked up the DE. Raw faced and on fire.:banghead::mad:
My second SR shave was completed about 30 minutes ago. Light years better performance *pat myself on the back*. :beer1: First pass WTG went fairly well. Just took the heads off the bumps from the last effort. A little more blood, but removed a lot more whiskers, and hardly any burning. I took my strop beforehand and laid it on a table and took more time with the stropping. That was most likely the issue with the first shave, I may have curled the edge, or just not made good contact. I was able to go XTG this time which was very, very productive with the whisker removal. I then made an attempt at ATG. Not ready for that just yet evidently!! This is where I scored tonight's version of raw face and fire. :mad: I picked up the DE and finished off my chin and went ATG and cleaned myself up.
I am very pleased with this second attempt and expect I will really be enjoying my new shaving experience in the next several weeks. Thanks to all the people here on SRP. All the advice on what to do and stories about what not to do is really going to be my bible in the coming months. :bow
CHEERS MY FRIENDS!!
Steve